Thank you for your interest, but we have closed signatures and delivered them to the Olympia Capitol groundskeepers. See press coverage of this effort here and here!

You can send your own thank you note to the following address:

Thank you, groundskeepers!

In response to ‘dandelion-gate,’ when senators spent over 20 minutes discussing and complaining about the presence of dandelions on the Olympia Capitol Campus grounds, we’ve written a thank you note to the hardworking grounds crew staff. They have been trying so hard to keep up with all the spring flowers without using pesticides! The Capitol crew has been experimenting with natural and sustainable landscaping, including organic weed control, repurposed compost and leaves used to enrich and activate soils, cardboard and wood chip layers used to suppress unwanted growth, and planting drought tolerate native plants for habitat. These changes make the area a safe and healthy environment for everyone!

Please sign this virtual thank you card and share with friends on social media. We will collect signatures until May 8, 2017 and then deliver to the groundskeeping staff.

The Capitol campus is noticeably full of spring flowers, healthy grass and historic trees!

We appreciate the hard work of the campus grounds crew and the landscapers, horticulturists, arborists, weed pullers, garbage collectors, custodians, and all the workers who take care of Olympia’s incredible and picturesque campus grounds.

Your natural and sustainable efforts make the area a safe and healthy environment for everyone–from senators to pollinators to kids to fish downstream. We appreciate your forward thinking, implementing new landscaping and turf care that reflects our values to end a reliance on harmful chemical pesticides.

Thanks for not using pesticides! I love the experimental wildflowers. They are beautiful. Ignore the goofballs that can’t grasp what you are doing. The rest of us get it, and we appreciate your extra effort. So do the birds, bees and butterflies!

I’ve been walking the lake recently and my favorite part is going up the switchback to the beautiful campus grounds. Every time, I am in awe at the natural diversity and beauty in all directions. To all the persons who work so hard to make it this way, you are so appreciated! Thank you so very much!

Dandelions feed bees. Pesticides kill them. I remain in support of keeping our world free frim neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors. Thank you for your bold effirts to do so as well. The campus is beautiful! Signed a former groundskeeper from PLU.

Sarah Segall signed
2017-05-07 06:34:19 -0700

Anyone (especially Senate members) complaining need to trade jobs for a week. The campus is beautiful – even more so by going ‘green’ and environmentally responsible. Thank you!